八字者，頂扣圓敏抱垂曲挺是也。樁法拳式站定時，此八字須具備焉，所以蓄力養氣，使敵我者無所措使。而八字者，又各有三種焉，分述之如左： The Eight Characters are Thrust, Arc, Round, Agile, Embrace, Hang, Bend, & Straight. The Stake Method type of Boxing … Continue reading 形意拳八字訣/Xingyiquan Ba Zi Jue – Xingyiquan’s Eight Character Secret
第一層練拳術之呼吸，將舌捲回，頂住上 ，口似開非開，似合非合，呼吸任其自然，不可著意於呼吸，因手足動作合於規矩，是為調息之法則，亦即練精化氣之功夫也。 The First Layer of training the Boxing Art’s breathing is to take the tongue & roll it back, … Continue reading 練形意拳術有三層之呼吸/Lian Xingyi Quanshu You San Ceng Zhi Huxi – Training Xingyi’s Boxing Art Has Three Layers of Breathing
•借法/Jie Fa – Borrowing Method 動以處靜有借法 Movement used to discipline Stillness is the Borrowing Method Uncle’s Comments: There are multiple … Continue reading “Three Points On a Line”: Three Fighting Methods of Xingyiquan
The theory of Xingyiquan is concise, clear, & well-developed. Previous generations of practitioners have refined the lessons of their teachers, … Continue reading Examining Xingyiquan’s Eight Essentials as Neigong Training Regimen
手足齊到定要贏，若是手到步不到，打人不得妙，手到步也到，打人如拔草。 “When the hands & feet arrive simultaneously you are sure to win. If the hands arrive but the feet … Continue reading 打人如拔草/Da Ren Ru Ba Cao – Striking People is like Pulling up Grass
是三層道理、三步功夫、三種練法。 There are Three Layers of Daoist Principles, Three Stages of Kung fu, & Three Types of Training Method. 三層道理：練精化氣，練氣化神，練神還虛。 Three … Continue reading 形意拳三乘/Xingyiquan San Cheng – Xingyiquan’s Three Vehicles
Xingyiquan’s Treading Thorough Study Method has been added to the Theory of Xingyi page, along with the link to an older … Continue reading New addition to the Theory of Xingyi
龍性屬陰搜骨能，左右躍步用柔功。 雙掌穿花加起落，兩腿抽換要靈通。 The Dragon’s Nature belongs to Yin & it has the ability to Search Bones, Left & Right Jumping … Continue reading 形意拳之十二形歌訣/Xingyiquan Zhi Shi’er Xing Gejue – Xingyiquan’s 12 Shapes Song Secret
一, 身: 前俯後仰, 其勢不勁。左側右斜, 皆身之病。正而似斜, 斜而似正。 1. Body: Bowing Forward or leaning backward, such patterns aren’t strong. Left slanting & … Continue reading 形意拳九歌/Xingyiquan Jiu Ge – Xingyiquan’s Nine Songs
Lessons Learned in the World of Martial Arts 